SASKATCHEWAN – Viper Central

FLIMSY WHIMSY – James Harker

MISS LYNN MORRISON – instrumental – The Iron Horse

AFTER YOU GET RID OF ME – Katie Webster & Silent
Partners

RATTLIN’ ROARIN’ ROBIN – Robin Campbell

I’LL BE YOUR BABY TONIGHT – Robert Palmer

ON THE FRITZ – Larkin Poe

GAYE – Clifford Ward

SONGBIRD – Eva Cassidy

HEART AND BONES – The Pines

GARY’S FAVOURITE/MR JOHN BEWES/KING’S FAVOURITE – insts –
Gary Blair

PLEASE BABY – Notting Hillbillies

I SING FOR THE THINGS – Stevie Nicks

ROLL TIDE – J T Nero with Allison Russell

THE RIVER FIELD WALTZ – instrumental – Cathy Jordan

NO TURNING BACK – instrumental – Rod Clements

THE ONE I LOVE IS GONE – Viper Central

I AM RED – Charlie Landsborough

WINTER WALTZ – Ruth Moody

WIDE SARGASSO SEA – James Harker

SHARING THE NIGHT TOGETHER – Dr Hook

I WILL GUARD YOUR HEART -
Marcia Hayden Hendrick

WISTERIA – Nels Andrews

RUSSIAN ROULETTE – Larkin Poe

THE PEACOCK’S FEATHER MEDLEY – instrumental – The Iron
Horse

DREAM MAKER – Fearing and White

SHE LET GO OF HER KITE – Amanda Shires

GOOD COUNTRY GIRLS – Pokey La Farge & The South City Three

THE CHILDREN’S SONG – instrumental – Joe Sample

BLUEBERRY HILL – Fats Domino

MURDER IN MY HEART – The Fox Hunt

THOSE DANCING DAYS ARE GONE – Carla Bruni

BLUES FOR A DYING SEASON – Rod Clements

KISS WITH A FIST – Florence and The Machine

SAND IN OUR SHOES – Jim Byrne

NEW WAY TO FLY – Garth Brooks

SIDEWALKS – Amelia White

GOD’S LITTLE MANSION – Marvin Etzioni

STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN – instrumental – Rodrigo y Gabriela

LOVE BE A BIRD – Amanda Shires

TATALITU – instrumental – Kjarkas

RUST BELT FIELDS – Rod Picott

HOW IT RUNS – J T & The Clouds

GOING HOME – instrumental – The Shadows

CAN’T LET GO – Mickey Harte

WAYFARING STRANGER – Eva Cassidy

GYPSY WOMEN – Cam Penner

SAME MISTAKES – The MixUps

CARRICKFERGUS – Donna Taggart

THAT’S WHERE I BELONG – Notting Hillbillies

BIG WHISKERS – Otis Gibbs

GIRL WITH ONE EYE – Florence and The Machine

SHIFTING SANDS – Harry Rowland

LONELY SOUND – Amelia White

LA ISLA BONITA – Madonna

STILL I WANT YOU – Rod Picott

BEST I COULD – Girlyman

DON’T BE WORRIED light will find you – Luke White

THE CHILDREN’S SONG – instrumental – Joe Sample

Thanks to sharp-eyed Bruce for commenting on inadvertent mis title of

Amanda Shires Carrying Lightning album.

SEA OF HEARTBREAK – Don Gibson

MEADOWLARK IN CENTRAL PARK – Suzy Bogguss/Farmer Jason

KISS ME IN THE DARK – Po Girl

WELDING BURNS – Rod Picott

I STILL MISS SOMEONE – Nanci Griffith

ANNIESLAND/THE TINKER/THE MELODIAN – insts – Gary Blair

MEXICALI ROSE – Karl Denver

LA SIRENA – Mana

IL MARE – Dave Whyte/Guiseppe Ungaretti

I WANT TO FLY – The Zombies

BETTER THAN A DREAM – Katie Melua

SAD, SAD MUSIC – Dwight Yoakam

CLOSER NOW – Ruth Moody

BACK TO YOU – Michael Emmerson

MAKE THE MORNING SHINE – Kieran Goss

4.30 IN THE MORNING – inst – Hudson Swan/Stevie Lawrence

ANTARCTICA – Mary Coughlan

LITTLE ROCK – Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart

HEY, MY MY MY – Cam Penner

SHOULDA WOULDA COULDA – Beverley Knight

MAYBE ANOTHER DAY – Allan Taylor

MAHOGANY VENEER – Twilight Hotel

IN THE DAYS – Po Girl

MR RICHARD’S FAVOURITE SONG – Harry Nilsson

THREE HERMITS – Nels Andrews

COLD OUTSIDE – Ruth Moody

BLACK T-SHIRT – Rod Picott

START SAYING GOODBYE – Kimmie Rhodes

WAITING TO SAY GOODBYE – Luke White

Apr 28, 2012

Singer-songwriter Amanda Shires’ first fiddle, bought for the 10 year-old by her dad, was a lime-green Chinese instrument sourced from a pawnbroker in a dusty Texan town (writes Colin MacDonald).

Five years later the teenager was on stage playing it in the ranks of the Playboys, the late Bob Wills’ ground-breaking band credited with creating the irresistible genre of western swing.

In tribute to the musical innovator, who died in 1975, she mentions her regard for Wills ”as the greatest Texan ever”.  But she’s doing plenty more than just talking about the music.

Fast forward to Wednesday 18 April 2012 and the Nashville resident’s appearance for Alan Hendry’s Sounds in the Suburbs in the cosy lounge of the Woodend Bowling and Tennis Club in douce Jordanhill.

With fellow singer-writer and creative collaborator, the guitarist Rod Picott, plus lap steel player Todd Pertll, in companionable support, and herself resplendent in sparkly dress and (probably?) mandatory cowboy boots, this youthful but seasoned performer cheerfully held centre stage – and a full house of young and old paying customers in rapture.

Predictably, both full sets aply reflected in a semi-acoustic treatment the varied delights that grace her third album, Carrying Electricity released by Silver Knife Records last month (and heavily featured on Folkal Point, by the way).

But the length and breadth of the live entertainment from this down-to-earth young lady (with both a wicked sense of humour and well-received quirky stage chat), by way of the utterly-professional musician to the very toes of the afore-mentioned cowboy boots, totally charmed, but still left us wanting more.

Unlike some writers, Amanda rarely feels any need to explain her songs. Making audiences engage more fully is just one among her many talents. Haste ye back!

Picture by Colin MacDonald: Rod Picott (left), Amanda Shires and Todd Pertll (right).

RUST BELT FIELDS – Rod Picott

THE PERSON YOU WANT – Girlyman

LORD I’M TRYIN’ – Donovan Woods

CATCH THE WIND – Kimmie Rhodes

SHINE SILENTLY – Nils Lofgren

DAY INTO NIGHT – Kat Healy

SWIMMER – Amanda Shires

THE OBVIOUS CHILD – Paul Simon

LINE OF INNOCENCE – Kieran Goss

DREAM OF LETTING GO – Twilight Hotel

REFERENDUM DAY – Robin Campbell

THE TOWN I LOVED SO WELL – Donna Taggart

DON’T BE WORRIED light will find you – Luke White

SECOND BEST – Otis Gibbs

BENEDICTION – Po’ Girl

BEAUTIFUL & WILD – Amelia White

TRIDENTS – Nels Andrews

AS TEARS GO BY – Marianne Faithfull

SHEETROCK HANGER – Rod Picott

WILD HORSES – Garth Brooks

NORTH STAR – J T Nero & Allison Russell

DREAMS OF FLYING – Kimmie Rhodes

HERE I AM – Ian Prowse & Amsterdam

THE WALLS OF THE WORLD – Katie Melua

I HAVE HEARD WORDS – J T & the Clouds

WORKING ON IT – Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart

POOR AND HUNGRY – Twilight Hotel

STILL I WANT YOU BAD – Roy Picott

DIMMING OF THE DAY – Bonnie Raitt

THE CHILDREN’S SONG – instrumental – Joe Sample

TASTING NOTES: Among its other esoteric adventures this week, Folkal Point highlights the spatial extremes of folk-rock  by juxtaposing – without comment – The Byrds’ Eight Miles High, and Robin Campbell’s Doon In The Wee Room — with its vivid evocation of a byegone Springburn that exists, surely, only in memory – among the 120 minutes of the weekly odyssey that exists solely to celebrate musical alternatives from folk to rock.

If you missed the programme live, go to our Catch Up anytime section of the Celtic Music Radio website.

NOW READ ON:

MOUNTAINS/FORESTS – J T Nero, featuring Allison Russell

THAT’S WHERE I DRAW THE LINE – Randy Travis

LORD FRANKLIN – Lorna Lavelle

BAR ROOM BARDS – Nels Andrews

BAD – Mary Coughlan

SCHINDIG – instrumental – Mabon

WHAT DO I KNOW ABOUT LOVE? – Twilight Hotel

EIGHT MILES HIGH – The Byrds

DOON IN THE WEE ROOM – Robin Campbell

IF THERE WAS A WAY – Dwight Yoakam

FERNANDA – Po’ Girl

THOMAS FRASER – Michael Marra Quintet

A KEEPER FOR EVERY FLAME – Mary Chapin Carpenter

BLACK SAND THEME – instrumental – Guy Fletcher

I HAVE HEARD WORDS – J T and The Clouds

I’VE BEEN WRONG, I’VE BEEN RIGHT – Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart

PHONE – Donovan Woods

LOW HUNDREDS – The Lights

COME AS YOU ARE – Cam Penner

TWO EMPTY CHAIRS – Jim Byrne

MARY, MARY – Mary Coughlan

CRUEL – Joshua Caole

SENECA TWO-STEP – instrumental – Albion Dance Band

NOSTALGIA – Christiaan Webb

MAHOGANY VENEER – Twilight Hotel

GROW YOUR FLOWERS – J T and The Clouds

IN THE DAYS – Po’ Girl

THE CHILDREN’S SONG – instrumental – Joe Sample